Willis L. Hartman was an American polo player.Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame, Willis L. Hartman's biography
Biography Willis L. Hartman lived in Wichita, Kansas, where he played polo on the Wilson Estates.Horace A. Laffaye, Polo in the United States: A History, McFarland, 2011, p. 232 Ladham Development
In 1965, he established the Willis L. Hartman Trophy to recognize the winner of the Best Playing Pony of the U.S. Open Polo Championship.2004 POLO EXCELLENCE AWARDS: Honoring those at the top of their game. , Polo Players Edition, May 2005 The trophy is a silver polo pony manufactured by the London-based jewellers Garrard & Co. The first trophy was given to Lovely Sage, a pony owned by the Hawaiian businessman Ruddy F. Tongg, Sr.
He helped establish the Tulsa Polo Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Broad Acres Polo Club in Norman, Oklahoma, and the Royal Palm Polo Club in Boca Raton, Florida. He also served on the Board of Governors of the United States Polo Association (USPA).
He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on March 3, 2000.
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